Re: This is a job for SeeSat (Decayed Satellite)

From: Robert Holdsworth (robbonz1@xtra.co.nz)
Date: Tue Jun 24 2003 - 15:13:35 EDT

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    As a matter of interest a search on Cosmos 2238 yielded  posts from Bjorn
Gimle dated 1 December 1994  http://satobs.org/seesat/Jan-1995/0009.html
and 6 December 1994 http://satobs.org/seesat/Jan-1995/0016.html Interesting
background even though the object in question now seems to be something
else.

http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online/sat_cosmos_2238.html provides some
statistics. Other listings on this site may provide some info on other
satellites which could assist in ID.  The EORSAT listing was publicly
available but RORSAT requires subscription.



Robert Holdsworth
Wainuiomata
New Zealand.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harro Zimmer" <Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de>
To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: This is a job for SeeSat (Decayed Satellite)


> There is some confusion about the debris source:
>
> Cosmos 2238 - 1993-018A (#22585) a RORSAT is not the possible
> candidate. The decay occured on 08 December 1994. The last
> released ELSET - 94342.80998250 shows a MM of 16.5167... This
> is very near the decay generally no more then one rev away.
> With MPM+REENTRY and this ELSET + SFX 78, ap 13  I show
> an upper limit for the reentry:
> 08 December 1994, 21:35 UTC +/- 06 minutes (19.67°N, 225.14°E)
> descending over the Pacific.
> We have no crossings over Mexico +/- 02 revs around the last epoch (19:27
UTC).
>
> Later something more about other possible decayers.
>
>
> Harro
>
> Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de
> Berlin, Germany
>
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